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Paperback. In 1785 James Boswell and Dr Johnson were trying to come up with a way of distinguishing human beings from animals. The beasts have memory, judgement, and all the faculties and passions of our mind, in a certain degree,' said Boswell, but no beast is a cook. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: JFCV; JHB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745646916
- ISBN
- 9780745646916
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Condition: New
€ 25.77
€ 25.77
Paperback. This work aims to present a controversial but persuasive analysis of alcohol and drug addiction: not as a biologically or genetically based disease, but rather an adaptation, however poor, to intrapsychic, family system, social and cultural environment. Num Pages: 224 pages, figures, references, index. BIC Classification: JFFH1; VFJK; VSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 13. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Edition
- 1998 Reissued Paper Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780787943820
- ISBN
- 9780787943820
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Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 41.52
€ 41.99
€ 41.52
Hardback. Num Pages: 216 pages, 31 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNN; JFFN; JFSJ1; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 23. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803284616
- ISBN
- 9780803284616
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Condition: New
€ 33.11
€ 33.11
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFH; VXA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 312. The Cosmis Cycles Come Full Circle: The True Positive Mayan Prophecy is Revealed. 192 pages, illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: JFH; VXA. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 14. Weight: 312.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Weiser Books
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781578635337
- ISBN
- 9781578635337
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.33
€ 19.99
€ 18.33
Paperback. This twentieth-century history of Guatemala begins with an analysis of the Grand Tikal Futura, a postmodern shopping mall with a faux-Mayan facade that is surrounded by a landscape of gated subdivisions, evangelical churches, motels, Kaqchikel-speaking villages, and some of the most poverty-stricken ghettos in the hemisphere. Num Pages: 328 pages, 8 photographs, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCG; GTF; HBJK; HBLW; JFFS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5906 x 3971 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822351313
- ISBN
- 9780822351313
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 30.35
€ 31.99
€ 30.35
Paperback. Path Beyond Technology. 224 pages, 20ill. Examines various aspects of the history of the ancient Mayan Indians. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1K; JFHF. Dimension: 227 x 180 x 8. Weight: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- Bear & Company
- Edition
- Original ed.
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780939680382
- ISBN
- 9780939680382
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Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 13.55
€ 18.99
€ 13.55
Hardback. Num Pages: 176 pages, 1 line drawings, 1 tables. BIC Classification: JFSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 146 x 19. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231149488
- ISBN
- 9780231149488
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 27.11
€ 36.99
€ 27.11
hardcover. The Matter of History links the history of people with the history of things through a bold new materialist theory of the past. Series: Studies in Environment and History. Num Pages: 358 pages, 15 b/w illus. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; HDP; JFCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 358
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107134171
- ISBN
- 9781107134171
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.21
€ 122.21
Paperback. Drawing on research and models from anthropology, material culture and art history, this study explores topics as diverse as Inka stonework, cork platforms for shoes and the Christian Eucharist. Editor(s): Anderson, Christy; Dunlop, Anne; Smith, Pamela H. Series: Studies in Design & Material Culture. Num Pages: 368 pages, 75 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ACN; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 170. .
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784992828
- ISBN
- 9781784992828
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 32.41
€ 33.99
€ 32.41
Paperback. Miller shows how our brains are the products of sexual selection, rather than natural selection and how this alters and illuminates our understanding of intelligence, art, language, mortality, sex and the differences between men and women. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JMU; VFVC; VSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 35. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Number of pages
- 544
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099288244
- ISBN
- 9780099288244
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.29
€ 17.99
€ 13.29
The Maternal Wall. Research and Policy Perspectives on Discrimination ...
. Ed(S): Biernat, Monica; Crosby, Faye J.; Wi...
Paperback. Over the years, the feminist revolution has brought a lot of changes. There is evidence that the glass ceiling is being shattered. For one particular group, however, gender equity remains elusive. That group is working mothers. This title deals with the topic of working mothers. It discusses various aspects of the problem of the maternal wall. Editor(s): Biernat, Monica; Crosby, Faye J.; Williams, Joan C. Series: Journal of Social Issues (JOSI). Num Pages: 248 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405130486
- ISBN
- 9781405130486
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Condition: New
€ 52.40
€ 52.40
Paperback. A new approach to knowledge and to aspects of knowing Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253221964
- ISBN
- 9780253221964
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Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 25.97
€ 25.99
€ 25.97
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Number of pages
- 303
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814790687
- ISBN
- 9780814790687
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.30
€ 32.99
€ 31.30
Hardcover. Situates contemporary genomics within a history of genetics research yet is attentive to the new ways in which knowledge claims about heredity, race, and gender emerge and are articulated Series: Biopolitics. Num Pages: 303 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFH; JHMC; PSAK1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 303
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814790670
- ISBN
- 9780814790670
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.71
€ 97.71
Paperback. * An original examination of the effects of consumer culture on children. * Draws on a major study the author was commissioned to lead for the UK Government on this topic. * Written by one of the world's top scholars on childhood and media/culture. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JFFT; JFSP1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 21. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745647715
- ISBN
- 9780745647715
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Condition: New
€ 26.67
€ 26.67
Paperback. Describes the youth culture of Japan, drawing comparisons with the interests and activities pursued by teenagers in the United States and the contrasting attitudes of adults in Japan and the U.S. towards adolescence. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JFSP2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 68.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520089402
- ISBN
- 9780520089402
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.10
€ 35.99
€ 26.10
Paperback. Num Pages: 210 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ; VFV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 186 x 127 x 17. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Amber-Allen Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781878424426
- ISBN
- 9781878424426
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.13
€ 17.99
€ 13.13
Paperback. At the heart of this fascinating book is one of the central questions of our age: is the internet a revolutionary innovation that will overthrow the established order, or will it turn out to have been an unruly technology, that will never escape the controlling embrace of corporations and governments? (Guardian) Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: GTC; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 30. Weight in Grams: 362. The Rise and Fall of Information Empires. 384 pages, Illustrations. At the heart of this fascinating book is one of the central questions of our age: is the internet a revolutionary innovation that will overthrow the established order, or will it turn out to have been an unruly technology, that will never escape the controlling embrace of corporations and governments? (Guardian). Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: GTC; JFD. Dimension: 197 x 130 x 30. Weight: 358.
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848879867
- ISBN
- 9781848879867
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Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.32
€ 14.99
€ 11.32
Paperback. Siegfried Kracauer was one of the 20th century's major cultural critics, a prolific scholar and a theorist of film. In this volume his writings on modern society are translated into English. Written in the 1920s and early 1930s, these essays examine the everyday world of the masses. Num Pages: 416 pages, 27 halftones. BIC Classification: DNF; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674551633
- ISBN
- 9780674551633
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Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 45.36
€ 54.99
€ 45.36
Paperback. Provides a demystification of the process of using masks. This book examines how masks have the ability to play the fundamental game of theatre - the suspension of disbelief. It includes: an introduction to the origin of masks; advice on preparing, making and using mask; tips on writing, devising and directing maskwork; and practical exercises. Num Pages: 200 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 141 x 11. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415414371
- ISBN
- 9780415414371
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.28
€ 53.28